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Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart Summary
When Daily Telegraph correspondent Tim Butcher was sent to cover Africa in 2000 he quickly became obsessed with the idea of recreating H.M. Stanley's famous expedition - but travelling alone. Despite warnings that his plan was 'suicidal', Butcher set out for the Congo's eastern border with just a rucksack and a few thousand dollars hidden in his boots. Making his way in an assortment of vessels including a motorbike and a dugout canoe, helped along by a cast of characters from UN aid workers to a campaigning pygmy, he followed in the footsteps of the great Victorian adventurers. Butcher's journey was a remarkable feat, but the story of the Congo, told expertly and vividly in this book, is more remarkable still.
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GOR000906641
Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart
Tim Butcher
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Vintage Publishing
2008-01-03
384
0099494280
9780099494287
Short-listed for Dolman Best Travel Book of the Year Award 2008 Short-listed for Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2008
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